Shop Truck Interior - 74 Datsun 620

Couple shots of the interior of the Datsun shop truck.  Got a couple vital gauges installed in the stock dash, laid down some German square weave carpet, and made some leather kick panels for the corners.  Still need to pull the bench seat and rework that.  Hopefully this spring I can get to that!

 

xs 650 chopper

Digging this thing out of the garage ... planning on finishing this thing for the summer!

Triumph Chopper update

Got some body work and paint on the tins.  Have to weld a bunch on the frame and then that will see paint too!

69 shovelhead

Finally got to put some miles on this thing this morning.  Makes running errands more fun!  Broke the tail i was supposed to use on this, so this one is a temp!

Gray with Brown Leather Shop Apron!

Finished this one up tonight.  Listed in the shop tonight...

New Style Solo Seat for your Chopper/Bobber!

Got this solo seat finished last night.  Black leather with a lengthwise tuck and roll.

Shop Apron Prototype

I had finally got my order of heavy canvas today.  So I tried my hand at making a shop apron.  All my shirts are holy or have burn marks all over them.  This will keep my kicks fresh...

I plan on doing a small run of these in various colors... Check the shop soon !

BMW Airhead Cafe Racer

Here are a few more images of the BMW Airhead Cafe Racer I built for a friend last winter.  

Sportster Forty Eight EFI to Carb Conversion

I had some trouble with the forty eight a year and a half ago, ended up having to rewire the bike to stock on the side of the road after my fuel computer failed.  I decided to swap to a carb.  I got an s&s intake manifold and mounted a Mikuni VM38 carb.  I had a throttle cable and throttle grip in the garage already and used those.  

For the Ignition I reached out to Altman Micro Machines in Germany.  They make an electronic ignition module that uses your crank angle sensor and the wires from the coil to run the ignition.  There are settings for advance base setting, advance rise curve, and rev limit.  There are literally 6 wires that you need to keep from the main harness.  Then there are a ground and ignition + and you are ready to start the bike.  I ended up just gutting the harness and starting from scratch.  But the amount of wires removed was awesome.  

I had a tank with a ridge in the center that was being swapped onto various bikes.  I welded on some bungs to mount the tank, now i just need to lower the rear mount a bit so that it flows a little better... 

I still need to make an ignition coil mount, and make a battery tray, but other than those two it should be ready to ride.... I will be swapping out the stock oil tank for something else soon, and there is a seat in mind..... Still have to figure that out... 

More Shovelhead Time

This has been my daily rider so far this summer.  So I figured I would finish up some things that i needed to do.  I still need a few oil leaks fixed, but there are a few more important things i needed to do...

Got the new front forks installed and put some new caps on the tops.  They are a little bigger than +6 over, but now they arent bent!  Got the rear fender shortened on the underside.  I used the extra length of fender to weld in where the sissy bar mounts to it so that it has some extra strength for a passenger.  Then i sewed up a new p-pad for the rear fender...

Bought a one tooth bigger rear sprocket so im not bogging down so much when i start...

I did a quick pushrod adjustment on it too...

New XS 650 Seat in the Shop!

Ive been wanting to get one of these made for a while now.  Thought it would look rad, and im convinced that it does.  Check it out in the shop now.  There is only one of these, but hopefully i will get some time in the future to make some more.

Beatin the Cold

Got a chance to get down to Florida for a few days and see some family.  Got to hang at my brothers hangar and mess around with some airplanes.  This King air he flies is sick.  Too bad we didnt get to fly to Florida in one of those...